Rixheim grades B overall: better than 64% of compared French towns, and #25 of 45 in Haut-Rhin. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 48% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is walkability (A−): 90% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 14% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Rixheim with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Incomes in Rixheim run higher than in Haut-Rhin’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €29,340 a year per consumption unit
Just over a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, above both Haut-Rhin’s towns (10.5%) and compared French towns (10.1%). For its 6,350 residents in work, Rixheim has 3,900 jobs: 0.6 each. No commute at all: 3.1% of working residents here at the census.
14%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
Public transport8%
On foot3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
3,900
jobs based in Rixheim, 0.6 per working resident
11.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,340
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 82% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Rixheim loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 82 per 100 expected, below Haut-Rhin’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Haut-Rhin is 85.5 years for women and 80.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 1,303 residents of Rixheim died, about as many as the 1,299 expected from France’s death rates at each age. The nearest emergency department to Rixheim is Hopital Emile Muller, 3.1 mi away.
−18%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw100
Adjusted82
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Rixheim · 4.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Emile Muller
3.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Emile Muller
85.5 · 80.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haut-Rhin, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Less crime per resident in Rixheim than in 66% of compared French towns
Of the graded crimes in Rixheim, criminal damage came up most often (2025). Recorded offenses here came to 249 in 2025. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 7.5 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 10.6.
7.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage88
Family violence58
Other physical violence28
Burglary23
Theft from vehicles22
Sexual violence19
Vehicle theft11
Fraud96
Theft without violence65
Drug use25
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
7.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
249
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.3%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
1 historic monument in Rixheim, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
3.6% of homes were built before 1919. Among the classé monuments in Rixheim is Ancienne manufacture Zuber (antérieurement Commanderie des chevaliers teutoniques). Protection here reaches back to the 19th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
Among adults, 33% have a degree. The age that splits Rixheim in two is 43. People 65 and over make up 21% of the town, near both Haut-Rhin’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%).
43median age
RixheimHaut-Rhin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education33%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Henri Zuber: A. Meyer, Public domain · Médard Brogly: Agence de presse Mondial Photo-Presse (domaine public, voir notice complète sur Gallica), Public domain
Rixheim’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Rixheim
Is Rixheim safe?
It grades B+ for safety, #24 of 45 in Haut-Rhin. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 23 burglaries and 88 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Rixheim good?
They grade B+, better than 67% of compared French towns and #27 of 51 in Haut-Rhin. 93% of 391 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Michel de Montaigne in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Rixheim
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Rixheim is a commune of 14,380 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.
